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$100,000 ID-theft scheme earns VA employee a 46-month federal prison sentence

National Security experts are calling on the U.S. to expand its list of banned Chinese companies. A small-town VA employee’s $100,000 scheme gets him 46…

Federal Newscast

FILE - This May 8, 2008, file photo shows blank checks on an idle press at the Philadelphia Regional Financial Center, which disburses payments on behalf of federal agencies, in Philadelphia. The IRS is delaying tax refunds for millions of low-income families as the agency steps up efforts to combat identity theft and fraud. Starting in 2017, a federal law requires the tax agency to delay refunds until Feb. 15 for people who claim the earned income tax credit and the additional child tax credit. The IRS says processing times will delay most of the refunds until the end of February. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Pandemic stimulus underscores agency challenges with identity management

IT Modernization

Hotel booking sites that scam you

Of Consuming Interest

Appeals court rules OPM data breach left people vulnerable to harm

Workforce

IRS: Frequent data breaches make it ‘fundamentally more difficult’ to verify taxpayers

Cybersecurity

State Dept. alerts employees about security breach of email system

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this June 21, 2013, file photo, the seal affixed to the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington. The advocacy group National Industries for the Blind filed a lawsuit Wednesday, May 24, 2017, in U.S. District Court in Washington alleging the agency ignored a longstanding law when it changed contracting rules used for decades to give jobs to the blind. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Panel rules veterans may be able to file class action lawsuits against VA

Federal Newscast

Justice walks back claims of data from OPM breach was used in a crime

The Justice Department tells Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) that it came to a premature conclusion on a recent case.

Workforce

FILE - In this May 14, 2013, file photo, the Department of Justice headquarters building in Washington is photographed early in the morning. The federal government censored, withheld or said it couldn’t find records sought by citizens, journalists and others more often last year than at any point in the past decade, according to an Associated Press analysis of new data. The highest number of requests went to the departments of Homeland Security, Justice, Defense, Health and Human Services, and Agriculture, along with the National Archives and Records Administration and Veterans Administration. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Former ICE chief counsel sentenced for stealing identities of immigrants

In today’s Federal Newscast, Raphael Sanchez, former chief counsel for Immigration and Custom Enforcement’s Office of Principal Legal Advisor used the…

Federal Newscast

Trump’s IRS commissioner nominee pushes critical pay authority for IT positions

Agency Oversight

At a Senate Finance Committee hearing Thursday, members got their first chance to gauge the priorities of Charles Rettig, President Donald Trump’s pick for IRS commissioner.

identity theft

$100,000 ID-theft scheme earns VA employee a 46-month federal prison sentence

Pandemic stimulus underscores agency challenges with identity management

Hotel booking sites that scam you

Appeals court rules OPM data breach left people vulnerable to harm

DHS gets kudos for management reforms

Senators want more tax help for federal employees who relocate

NTEU asks OPM for 10 year plan to protect cyber breach victims

GSA hires Ad Hoc, Fearless to upgrade search.gov portal

IRS: Frequent data breaches make it ‘fundamentally more difficult’ to verify taxpayers

State Dept. alerts employees about security breach of email system

Panel rules veterans may be able to file class action lawsuits against VA

Justice walks back claims of data from OPM breach was used in a crime

Former ICE chief counsel sentenced for stealing identities of immigrants

Trump’s IRS commissioner nominee pushes critical pay authority for IT positions

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